RAIN performs the full range of The Beatles' discography live onstage, a total of 36 songs on the night I attended. It's quite a treat going from The Beatles appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show through 'Let it Be' and 'Hey Jude,' two of the last songs the group recorded together, with each album time shift accompanied by costume and physical appearance changes by the group as well as many historical films/videos reflecting what was going on in the world at the time, from Vietnam to protests at home, their meditation trip to India, and the overall madness of screaming fans at Shea Stadium on 8-15-65. (more...)

RAIN: A TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES ON BROADWAY will appear in Riverside at Fox PACE at 7:30 p.m. on March 25th and March 26th, 2015. The members of the band Rain have studied the Beatles for twenty years and tour in concert, playing only Beatles music, and emulating the Beatles' style, key, rhythm, and harmonies, note for note. Rain has a repertoire of over 200 Beatle songs that they rotate at their concerts. Some of these pieces are so complex that the Beatles never performed them live, and included them only on their albums, where they could correct mistakes in a recording studio. The members of Rain do everything possible to replicate the look of their particular Beatle, even, for righties portraying Paul McCartney, learning to play the bass and guitar left-handed. (more...)

Single-show tickets go on sale today, Sept. 19 for three hit musicals in the 2014-15 Broadway Sacramento season: Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage, the high-energy musical based on the beloved 1987 movie; a new production of the ever-popular Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice hit Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, featuring two stars from American Idol and Broadway fame; and the return of the audience favorite RAIN: A Tribute to The Beatles, in a newly expanded version of the show (more...)

Single-show tickets go on sale Sept. 19 for three hit musicals in the 2014-15 Broadway Sacramento season: Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage, the high-energy musical based on the beloved 1987 movie; a new production of the ever-popular Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice hit Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, featuring two stars from American Idol and Broadway fame; and the return of the audience favorite RAIN: A Tribute to The Beatles, in a newly expanded version of the show (more...)

Started back in the 1970's, the group known as Rain gained it's initial fame by recording the song selections utilized in the Dick Clark TV movie, The Birth of the Beatles. Over the years they've become better known as a touring group bringing the music of the four lads from Liverpool to the stage for a theatrical event that takes it's cast and audience on a chronological trip through their music, and the culture of the time. It's a thoroughly enjoyable ride, with a group of highly talented musicians expertly recreating the famed "Beatles sound". (more...)

EXPERIENCE THE BEATLES WITH RAIN has returned by popular demand to the Pantages for a third engagement, May 7-12, 2013. This adoring tribute will take you back to a time when all you needed was love and a little help from your friends! (more...)

If you're a Beatles fan, you'll enjoy the music-jammed two and a half hours (with an intermission). The music and vocals are good. It's the next best thing to seeing Paul, George, John and Ringo in person. Four generations were represented in the audience who sang and clapped along with the music. (more...)

Experience the Beatles with RAIN is the internationally acclaimed Beatles concert that returns to San Diego by popular demand! Fans have their chance to visit the San Diego Civic Theatre for this cheerfully nostalgic production running January 4-6, 2013. Tickets are on sale now only as part of Broadway/San Diego's 2012-2013 35th Anniversary Season Package. (more...)

Experience the Beatles with RAIN is the internationally acclaimed Beatles concert that returns to San Diego by popular demand! Fans have their chance to visit the San Diego Civic Theatre for this cheerfully nostalgic production running tonight, January 4-6, 2013. (more...)

Due to popular demand, LET IT BE, the spectacular West End show celebrating the music of The Beatles will transfer to the Savoy Theatre in London, from 1st February 2013, booking until Saturday 5th October 2013. (more...)

Experience the Beatles with RAIN is the internationally acclaimed Beatles concert that returns to San Diego by popular demand! Fans have their chance to visit the San Diego Civic Theatre for this cheerfully nostalgic production running January 4-6, 2013. Tickets are on sale now only as part of Broadway/San Diego's 2012-2013 35th Anniversary Season Package. (more...)

Now known as the ersatz Paul McCartney in Rain, Curatolo grew up in a Brooklyn household where classical music and opera were more the norm. But a natural musician-at ten, young Joey taught himself how to play the guitar, playing the piano by ear at 16-Curatolo became infatuated with The Beatles, ultimately winning several Paul McCartney sound-alike contests, even touring with Beatlemania. (more...)

It is fifty years since THE BEATLES released their first single 'Love Me Do' in October 1962. To celebrate, London's Prince of Wales Theatre will welcome LET IT BE, a new West End production featuring more than twenty of The Beatles' greatest hits for a limited season from September 2012. (more...)

Direct from their Broadway engagement, the internationally-acclaimed Beatles concert, RAIN - A Tribute To The Beatles, returns to Philadelphia at the Academy of Music for eight shows only Jan. 31 to Feb. 5 as part of the Broadway Season. The press opening is Jan. 31 at 7:30 pm. (more...)

Direct from their Broadway engagement, the internationally-acclaimed Beatles concert, RAIN - A Tribute To The Beatles, returns to Philadelphia at the Academy of Music for eight shows only Jan. 31 to Feb. 5 as part of the Broadway Season. The press opening is Jan. 31 at 7:30 pm. (more...)

Direct from their Broadway engagement, the internationally-acclaimed Beatles concert, RAIN - A Tribute To The Beatles, returns to Philadelphia at the Academy of Music for eight shows only Jan. 31 to Feb. 5 as part of the Broadway Season. The press opening is Jan. 31 at 7:30 pm. (more...)

Classical music had Mozart and Bach. Modern technology had Steve Jobs. 20th century music had The Beatles. Music has the power to capture the essence of, and speak to the citizens of each generation. Thus the little surprise that The Beatles still live on today with a fan base as large as its original audience, albeit an audience a bit less likely faint due to Beatlemania. The Beatles' story and music represent the history and spirit of the 1960s, especially the flower power movements.
RAIN, a Beatles tribute band, does an equally masterful a job of telling history through music in its "direct from Broadway" tour, playing at the Sacramento Community Center Theater through January 1. Playing some of The Beatles' best-known songs, RAIN recreates moments from the band's career: The Ed Sullivan Show, the Shea Stadium concert, the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band record, the Flower Power period and the Abbey Road album. Band members change looks and costumes accordingly, including a very memorable selection of music where the players jam it out in their neon Sgt. Pepper costume lit by black lights while fog fills the stage. (more...)

Direct from their phenomenally successful Broadway engagement, the internationally-acclaimed Beatles concert, RAIN: A Tribute To The Beatles, makes its Sacramento debut at the Sacramento Community Center Theater Dec. 27 - Jan 1. Presented by Broadway Sacramento, tickets are available by phone at (916) 557-1999 or (916) 801-5181, in person at The Community Center Theater Box Office at 1301 L Street, Sacramento, The Wells Fargo Pavilion Box Office at 1419 H Street, Sacramento, or online at Tickets.com. (more...)